Category: Opinion
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Ozark School Board shames one of their own!
Ozark School Board member Christina Tonsing gets reprimanded for reaching out to the public for input. Read more
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Perversion of Justice Part 2: Screen shots now don’t lie!
Part 2 of a perversion of justice involving Sparta police. Read more
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Perversion of justice now strikes in Sparta!
SPARTA, MO — A perversion of justice strikes as the former mayor of Sparta weaponized the police force against Christian County Trumpet Publisher Johnny Rooster allegedly because of an article posted she claims cost her the election in April. Curious about the article the former mayor is up in arms about? Read it here!!! Additionally,… Read more
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Voting records of the Supreme Court vs. Ozark School Board
The US Supreme Court votes unanimously 60 percent of the time. But Ozark votes unanimously much more. Read more
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How do Good Men Turn Evil?
GUEST COLUMN Becoming Evil How do good men turn evil? Or how do they become comfortable committing evil acts? Don’t they recognize those acts are evil? Don’t they recognize that they become what they do? Countless historical anecdotes, including those documented in such books as James Waller’s “Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and… Read more
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The Most Powerful Man in Town
Guest Editorial (not written by the CCT and not connected to the CCT)Who is the most powerful person in your community? The mayor? The police chief? The CEO of a major corporation? Here are several possibilities:a) The guy who runs the corporation with the largest budgetb) The guy who runs the corporation with the most… Read more
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Ozark Diploma Mills Now Exposed!
Guest Editorial (not written by CCT) You’ve heard of “diploma mills,” right? Those educational institutions that are more determined to ensure you get a diploma than that you get an education. Sadly, it appears that this phenomenon is no longer isolated to an occasional school here or there. Since school quality ratings are a function,… Read more
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Now what could go right?
Ozark School Board, from left, Aaron Johns, Christina Tonsing, Patty Quessenberry, Sarah Adams-Orr, Amber Bryant, Mark Jenkins, Guy Callaway. (photo courtesy of OzarkTigers.org) Guest column by Dave Cort, Ozark School Support Team Well, the new school board, elected on a platform of change, is off to a great start. As a first order of business,… Read more
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Meet the new board — same as the old board
GUEST COLUMN by Dave Cort, Ozark School Support Team (OSST) I recently witnessed an MSBA (Missouri School Board Association) “training session” for new school board members. The gist of this training was to teach new school board members to become just like the old school board members. It was very effective and I can imagine… Read more
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Why teachers resign (Guest Column)
Teachers sometimes resign when they don’t want to. Why do they do this? I can’t answer for all others, but I can offer insight into one reason innocent teachers sometimes resign. It’s like this . . . Once a teacher is tenured, the Missouri Teacher Tenure Act protects them against arbitrary firing. They can’t be… Read more
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Missouri Senate discusses allowing Chinese Commies to buy property in MO?!
I was listening to Nick Reed on KSGF yesterday morning. He was interviewing a state senator who’s name I didn’t catch. They were talking about a bill before the Senate that would decide whether or not to sell Missouri rural property to our enemies in China, Russia or other anti-American countries. That should be a… Read more
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GUESS WHAT THIS MAN DOES FOR A LIVING?
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Guest Columnists now welcome in the CCT
The Christian County Trumpet is a publication started in August 2022 to provide information and a voice for taxpayers and voters in Christian County, MO. We wanted to print things nobody in the mainstream was willing or interested in, so you could be better informed and entertained. If you have a topic of interest to… Read more
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A Spiritual War is all around us now!
A UK teacher was forced to resign and had to apologize for calling 11-year-old female students “girls”. Sounds like a horror comedy. But it’s true. We’re in a spiritual war. Closer to home, here in the Show Me State, some “wack job” trans, non-binary creep of a teacher in Kirkwood, MO is acting out and… Read more
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Jaw dropping news leaked now from Ozark School District!
OZARK, MO — Last night, April 12, was the first meeting with 3 new Ozark School Board members. And boy, it was a doozy! Dr. B steps down suddenly The action started even before the newbies were sworn in. Dr. Chris Bauman, superintendent, announced his retirement effective June 30 officially, but in practicality, that means… Read more
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New Sparta mayor, aldermen sworn in in front of The Great Wall
SPARTA,MO— Misty Holt was sworn in as new mayor of Sparta last night. About 35 people were in the audience. I ate too many cookies and drank too much punch afterwards. But that’s ‘cos I didn’t have supper. Scroll down to the bottom to see stuff I made fun of. It’s called comedy, so relax.… Read more
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You won’t believe what happened to this kid now!
OZARK, MO — “I never cooked at home,” says 21-year-old Michael Ploof. “I’d never eaten here (at Village Inn). “ Flashing a “get away with anything” smile, Michael describes how he went from zero to 60 in the Village Inn kitchen in a matter of months. “Michael’s one of our main cooks now,” says David… Read more
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Sparta’s ‘weird’ city meetings now likely to change to ‘normal’
SPARTA, MO — You normally expect to hear and see elected officials in public meetings. But Sparta, MO has had a series of meetings, sources say, that reflect a weird custom of city aldermen and the mayor hiding behind a high table and mumbling among themselves conducting public business. “You can’t see them above their… Read more
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Ozark kids’ future is now at stake!
OZARK, MO — April voter turnout for school board elections is miserable. Hardly anybody votes! That’s not the fault of the school district. It’s the fault of the public. Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 4, 2023 is election day. Big deal, right? Yes, it is. A very big deal. Innocence Lost The children of Ozark have slowly… Read more
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This guy is the real deal!
OZARK, MO — Anthony Petrosino is the real deal. He doesn’t mess around with political jargon. He says what’s in his heart. “I like that Tony guy,” a friend of mine told me after listening to Anthony speak at a citizens group in Ozark recently. “He didn’t come in all scripted and makes me feel… Read more